Primary Productivity

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Primary Productivity
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Effect

• The effect of abiotic factors(wind, currents,
  topography and dissolved nutrients
• ON
• Biotic processes (photosynthesis)
• Measured by
• dissolved O2 levels (obs)
• Chlorophyll concentration (satellite)
• Temperature (obs)

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Background

• Photosynthesis
• Trophic Levels
• Chemistry (dissolved oxygen)
• Earth Science (topography, currents)
• Physics (wind, energy transformations)

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Activity

• Take a given geographic location (Monterey Bay)
  and find two areas to compare productivity High
  verses low.
• The more diverse the better. Use satellite data
  for color images to determine areas

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Why is there a difference?

• Possibilities
• Look at wind patterns (obs)
• Look at currents (obs)
• Look at topography (GIS)
• Look at dissolved nutrients (LOBO)
• Look at surface temperature (obs)

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Hypothesis

• Is there data to support the differences and what
  would the Hypothesis be.
• What is the explanation?
• (eg. Is cold temperature related to
  productivity?)
• Is temperature related to upwellings/currents?

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Confirmation of Satellite Images

• Chemistry
• Dissolved O2
• Dissolved nutrients phosphates, nitrates

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Further Analysis

• Graph dissolved O2 vs. sunlight
• Graph O2 vs. depth
• Graph productivity vs temp
• Look at algal blooms and nutrient runoff
• Ecosystem energy movement
• Sun Producers
• Breakdown by bacteria